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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2019
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Shusheng He, Marlborough, MA (US);
Brad Polischuk, Marlborough, MA (US);
Tuan Huynh, Marlborough, MA (US);
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A medical imaging system that includes a contoured radiation detector configured to receive radiation emitted from a radiation source after the radiation has passed through at least a portion of a patient. The contoured radiation detector includes a gate-wall end and lateral sides, including a right-hand side and a left-hand side. The contoured radiation detector may also includes a superior surface connected to the gate-wall end, right-hand side, and the left-hand side. The contoured radiation detector further includes a chest-wall surface, the chest-wall surface connected to the superior surface, the right-hand side, and the left-hand side, whereby the curvature is contoured to a chest wall of the patient. The system may also include an anti-scatter grid having a chest-wall surface with a similar curvature as the chest-wall surface of the contoured radiation detector.